That variable affects display of only BIGFLOATS.
(It's an interesting thought that it should affect regular floats
too.)
RJF
Jerome Caporossi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've got a pb with the fpprintprec variable: even when i set fpprintprec
> to a value less than 16 (e.g. 5), the float numbers are still displayed as
> with fpprintprec = 0.....for instance sqrt(2.0) gives 1.414213562373095
> whereas i would like 1.41421.
> Note that i left the fpprec variable to its default value (i.e. 16).
>
> Where have I mistaken ?
>
> Jerome
>
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